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38 Temple Hill Square Dartford Kent DA1 5HZ

20/00242/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 May 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to Use Class D1 pre-school nursery

Received
24 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Temple Hill
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.7 Apr
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 38 Temple Hill Square Dartford Kent DA1 5HZ. Dartford has handled 305 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Dartford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Temple Hill. We hold 986 applications in total for the DA1 postcode area.

93% of amendment applications at Dartford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DA1 5HZ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not Parished

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2020
Consultation expiry
7 April 2020
Consultation start
10 March 2020
Consultation end
7 April 2020
Neighbour consultation start
10 March 2020
Neighbour consultation end
31 March 2020
Last date for comments
7 April 2020
Target decision date
22 May 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
79 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08526225
Documents
7
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: HMO Article 4(1) Direction North Order 2025
  • Tree Preservation Order: 83/00031/TPOProtected tree on or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Depot Rear Of 2 Temple Hill Square, Dartford, KentRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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